How much revenue did The Polynomial - Space of the music make?

$61k–$163k after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did The Polynomial - Space of the music sell?

Q: How many copies did The Polynomial - Space of the music sell?

32k to 51k copies, based on its 500 Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 32k–51k; $61k–$163k after Steam's cut $110k–$251k before Steam's cut; from 500 reviews (Mostly Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid The Polynomial - Space of the music and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including The Polynomial - Space of the music's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 8k–1.6M

best case 4.6M (Muse Dash)

Games like The Polynomial - Space of the music

A typical game among these

≈ 8k–1.6M copies

≈ $50k–$5.8M after Steam's cut

from ~15k reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

5 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: Muse Dash at ≈ 3.5M–5.7M copies, ≈ $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 191 reviews in their first month; the range was 28 to 23k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Music (8 of 8) and Rhythm (8 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Music + Rhythm, priced around $3.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2016 to 2024, and 1 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 52 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

Similar games

Game	Est. copies	Est. revenue	Price	Reviews	Tags
Polynomial 2 - Universe of the Music 2016	Est. copies ≈ 6k–11k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $21k–$58k after Steam's cut $39k–$89k before Steam's cut	$11.99	156 reviews Very Positive	IndieAction
Holodance 2020	Est. copies ≈ 5k–9k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $29k–$79k after Steam's cut $53k–$121k before Steam's cut	$19.99	215 reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Thumper 2016	Est. copies ≈ 184k–299k SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue $1.0M–$2.7M after Steam's cut $1.8M–$4.2M before Steam's cut	$19.99	4k reviews Very Positive	RhythmIndie
A Dance of Fire and Ice 2019	Est. copies ≈ 2.4M–3.9M 5.6x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $4.0M–$10.7M after Steam's cut $7.2M–$16.5M before Steam's cut	$5.99	84k reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Just Shapes & Beats 2018	Est. copies ≈ 795k–1.3M 1.8x vs typical SteamSpy 1M–2M	Est. revenue $4.4M–$11.8M after Steam's cut $7.9M–$18.1M before Steam's cut	$19.99	26k reviews Overwhelmingly Positive	RhythmGreat Soundtrack
Klang 2 2021	Est. copies ≈ 2k–3k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $6k–$17k after Steam's cut $12k–$27k before Steam's cut	$14.99	63 reviews Very Positive	RhythmMusic
Muse Dash 2019	Est. copies ≈ 3.5M–5.7M 8.2x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue $2.9M–$7.8M after Steam's cut $5.3M–$12.0M before Steam's cut	$2.99	122k reviews Very Positive	MusicRhythm
Rocksmith® 2014 Edition REMASTERED LEARN & PLAY 2024	Est. copies ≈ 629k–1.0M 1.7x vs typical SteamSpy 500k–1M	Est. revenue $1.7M–$4.6M after Steam's cut $3.1M–$7.1M before Steam's cut	$9.99	25k reviews Very Positive	MusicEducation